JP2012046829A - Method of manufacturing metal microparticle dispersion liquid - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing metal microparticle dispersion liquid that has a narrow particle size distribution of platinum microparticles, offers a simple manufacturing process and is excellent even in the environmental hygiene point of view.SOLUTION: The method includes dispersing 4-decylaniline and HPtClin terpineol and reducing the HPtClto generate platinum nanoparticles and simultaneously obtain a platinum nanoparticle dispersion liquid, in which the platinum nanoparticles protected with 4-decylaniline are dispersed in the terpineol, in a single step. In this case, the 4-decylaniline not only covers and protects the generated platinum nanoparticles but has a function of reducing HPtCl, and thus the HPtClis suitably reduced and the generated platinum nanoparticles are promptly protected. Therefore, fine platinum nanoparticles with a narrow particle size distribution are generated without the occurrence of aggregation and the like to thereby obtain the dispersion liquid. In addition, terpineol having a boiling point of 100°C or higher hardly evaporates in the process of manufacturing the dispersion liquid or in its use, so that it is suitable even in the environmental hygiene point of view.

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for producing a dispersion in which metal fine particles are dispersed in an organic solvent.

  For example, metal (including alloy) fine particles are optical materials, electronic materials, pressure sensitive materials, magnetic materials, nonlinear optoelectronic materials, catalyst materials, inorganic material raw materials, ink coloring materials, glass coloring agents, varnish additives, etc. It is used in various fields (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 4). For example, platinum fine particles, palladium fine particles, platinum-palladium alloy fine particles and the like are widely used as catalyst materials. Further, it has been proposed to use gold, silver, platinum, copper, aluminum, or the like as the ink coloring material. Among these, nanoparticles having a particle size reduced to the nanometer order are particularly suitable for the above applications because of their high activity.

Conventionally, various methods for producing such metal fine particles have been proposed. For example, as a method for producing platinum nanoparticles, a method of reducing a platinum salt such as chloroplatinic acid (H ₂ PtCl ₆ ) in an aqueous solution at high pH with methanol, ethanol, formaldehyde, etc. is known (for example, (See Non-Patent Document 1).

Further, as a method of synthesizing nanoparticles, AuCl ₄ by sodium borohydride in the presence of alkanethiols ^- 2-phase (water - toluene) by utilizing the reducing, a solution of gold nanoparticles which takes a thiol surface coating prepared And a method of synthesizing gold microparticles protected with mercaptophenol by dissolving hydrogen tetrachloroaurate (III) and p-mercaptophenol in methanol and adding acetic acid and sodium borohydride. (See, for example, Non-Patent Documents 2 and 3.)

  In addition, although the manufacturing method of the nanoparticle using vapor phase growth has also been reported, since the yield of a nanoparticle is very low, it has not reached the stage which can be utilized industrially (for example, refer nonpatent literature 7). ).

  By the way, the above metal fine particles are generally prepared and used in a dispersion liquid dispersed in an organic solvent. Therefore, in the synthesis method as described above, after synthesizing the metal fine particles, filtration and drying are performed and dispersed in a predetermined organic solvent. An example of the process until obtaining a dispersion by reduction of chloride is shown in FIG. As described above, in these synthesis methods, the process for obtaining the metal fine powder dispersion is multi-staged, which makes the process complicated and disadvantageous industrially, and the organic solvent used for the synthesis is a solvent. There is an environmentally undesirable point in that it is removed and discarded in the removal step (8). The drying treatment determines the average particle size and particle size distribution of the obtained nanoparticles, and these average particle size and particle size distribution are known to affect the aggregation and low-temperature sintering of the nanoparticles. ing.

In contrast, various methods for synthesizing nanoparticles in a single step have been proposed. For example, a method of reducing a HAuCl ₄ solution with tetrakisphosphonium chloride and adding a dodecanethiol solution of toluene to form a thiol surface film (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 4), chloroform and tetrachlorogold (III) A method of synthesizing gold nanoparticles coated with HDA by reducing the tetrachlorogold (III) acid by vigorously stirring a two-phase mixture containing hexadecylaniline (HDA) in an acid aqueous solution (for example, non- (See Patent Document 5), a method of reducing platinum aqueous solution of PtCl ₆ ^2- ion in the presence of hexadecylaniline, and similarly synthesizing platinum nanoparticles coated with HDA (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 6). Etc. FIG. 2 shows an example of a synthesis process by a single step.

  In addition, a solution in which a metal salt and an amine are dissolved in a solvent is reduced to form metal fine particles whose surface is protected with an amine, and thiol or an aqueous thiol solution is added to replace the amine with a thiol and the surface is a thiol. There is one that obtains protected metal fine particles (see, for example, Patent Document 1). According to this synthesis method, when the metal salt is reduced in the presence of a protective polymer such as thiol, the reaction of the thiol with the metal salt to prevent stabilization, the desired ultrafine particles can be obtained. it can.

  In addition, there are those that obtain metal fine particles dispersed in a solvent body by dissolving a metal compound and a polymer dispersant in a solvent and reducing the metal compound chemically or by light irradiation (for example, Patent Documents). (See 3.)

  In addition, there are those that synthesize alloy fine particles by dispersing two or more kinds of metal complexes having a methyl group, an ethyl group, a phenyl group, and the like and an organic polymer in an organic solvent and reducing them by contact with hydrogen ( For example, see Patent Document 4).

JP-A-10-195505 JP 2003-282078 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-292836 JP 2004-084047 A

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  However, in the methods described in Non-Patent Documents 4 to 6, although the process is simplified as compared with the method described in Non-Patent Document 1 and the like, the particle size distribution of the obtained nanoparticles is For example, there has been a problem that the average particle size is widened to about 1/2 to 2 times. For example, when fine particles having an average particle size of about 2 (nm) are synthesized, the particle size distribution is expanded to about 1 to 4 (nm). In addition, since organic solvents such as toluene, chloroform, and acetone are used, there is an undesirable problem in terms of environmental hygiene and safety.

  In addition, in the method for preparing a metal fine particle dispersion described in Patent Documents 1 to 4 and the like, (a) alcohol or other solvent is used, but since it is not a vehicle that finally constitutes a slurry, the treatment ends. (B) The solvent used and disposed of is not preferable from the viewpoint of environmental safety and industrial waste, (c) The treatment is not direct but multistage, (d) Sulfur and others (E) When the slurry is changed in the stage of preparing the final product slurry and drying and redispersion treatment is required, the characteristics of the slurry are contained. Has a problem that it does not necessarily reflect the characteristics of the obtained nanoparticle.

  The present invention has been made against the background described above, and its object is to produce a metal fine particle dispersion having a narrow particle size distribution of metal fine particles, a simple production process, and excellent environmental hygiene. Is to provide.

  In order to achieve such an object, the gist of the present invention is a method for producing a metal fine particle dispersion in which platinum fine particles coated with a protective polymer are dispersed in a predetermined solvent, comprising: (a) 4- A dispersion step of dispersing an organic polymer comprising decylaniline or 4-hexadecylaniline and a platinum salt in an organic solvent comprising terpineol; and (b) a reduction step of reducing the platinum salt in the organic solvent. Is to include.

  In this manner, in the dispersion step, the organic polymer composed of 4-decylaniline or 4-hexadecylaniline and the platinum salt are dispersed in the organic solvent composed of terpineol, and the platinum salt is reduced in the reduction step. In addition, platinum fine particles are produced from the platinum salt, and at the same time, a metal fine particle dispersion in which the produced platinum fine particles are dispersed in an organic solvent in a state protected with an organic polymer is obtained. That is, the platinum fine particle dispersion can be obtained by a simple manufacturing process of a single step. At this time, 4-decylaniline or 4-hexadecylaniline not only covers and protects the produced platinum fine particles (that is, acts as a protective polymer), but also has an action of reducing a platinum salt. The platinum salt is preferably reduced and the generated fine particles are protected quickly, so that, for example, fine particles of a nanometer order and a narrow particle size distribution are produced in a high yield without aggregation, and the fine particles of platinum are produced. A dispersion in which is dispersed is obtained. Further, since terpineol has a boiling point of 100 (° C.) or more, it is difficult to volatilize during the production process or use of the metal fine particle dispersion, and therefore, it is preferable in terms of environmental hygiene. In addition, 4-decylaniline or 4-hexadecylaniline is preferably dispersed in terpineol, and the combination of these has an advantage that the amount of the organic solvent is at least relatively good, so that a highly concentrated dispersion can be easily obtained. There is also. Furthermore, since terpineol is poorly compatible with water, if it is allowed to stand after stirring in the dispersion step, the organic solvent and water are separated into layers, and it is easy to selectively remove only the water. . As described above, a metal fine particle dispersion having a narrow particle size distribution of platinum fine particles, a simple manufacturing process and excellent environmental hygiene can be obtained.

  Incidentally, when synthesizing metal fine particles by reducing a metal salt, conventionally, a low boiling point solvent having a boiling point of about 50 to 60 (° C.) has been used as an organic solvent for dispersing the metal salt and the reducing agent. Here, the reason why the low boiling point solvent is used is to perform a drying process in a subsequent step to remove the solvent and replace it with a desired organic solvent for constituting the metal fine particle dispersion. That is, a low boiling point solvent has been selected so that it can be easily removed. In the present invention, it is not premised on removing the solvent during the reduction treatment, and the metal salt is directly dispersed in the organic solvent for constituting the metal fine particle dispersion, so that the boiling point is 100 (° C.) or more. Organic solvents can be used. As a result, since the drying process for removing the low boiling point solvent is not necessary, there is an advantage that the influence of the drying process on the average particle size and particle size distribution of the metal fine particles does not become a problem.

  Here, preferably, in the dispersion step, the organic polymer and the platinum salt are dispersed in the organic solvent so that a molar ratio of organic polymer / platinum is within a range of 0.2 to 200. . In order to sufficiently increase the yield of platinum fine particles, the organic polymer / platinum molar ratio is preferably 0.2 or more. Further, it is desirable that the organic polymer functioning as a protective polymer is sufficiently large in order to suppress aggregation of the platinum fine particles. On the other hand, when the metal fine particle dispersion is used, since the organic polymer is a component that can be removed by burning, the organic polymer / platinum molar ratio is 200 or less in order to effectively use resources and reduce manufacturing costs. It is preferable. Therefore, in order to satisfy both of these, the organic polymer / platinum molar ratio is preferably in the range of 0.2 to 200.

  The organic polymer / platinum molar ratio is more preferably in the range of 0.5-50, and even more preferably in the range of 0.8-5.

  Preferably, in the dispersing step, the platinum salt is dispersed in the organic solvent so that the organic solvent / platinum molar ratio is in the range of 0.1 to 2500. As the amount of the organic solvent decreases, it becomes more difficult to disperse the platinum salt and the organic polymer. Therefore, the organic solvent / platinum molar ratio is preferably 0.1 or more. In addition, as the amount of organic solvent increases, the dispersion becomes thinner, making it difficult to obtain a desired metal thickness during use or printing becomes extremely difficult, and the amount of solvent removed during drying or firing is increased. Therefore, the organic solvent / platinum molar ratio is preferably 2000 or less in order to effectively use resources and reduce manufacturing costs. Therefore, in order to satisfy both of these, the organic solvent / platinum molar ratio is preferably in the range of 0.1 to 2500.

  The organic solvent / platinum molar ratio is more preferably in the range of 0.5 to 200, and more preferably in the range of 1 to 100.

  The platinum salt is not particularly limited. For example, chloroplatinic acid solution, platinum (IV) chloride, platinum (II) hexafluoroacetylacetonate complex, platinum (II) acetylacetonato complex, platinum (II) bromide, platinum (II) iodide, platinum (IV ) Sulphides, potassium tetrachloroplatinate (II), ammonium tetrachloroplatinate (II), sodium hexachloroplatinate (IV) hexahydrate, etc., but are not limited to these, and more complex salts are also used. it can.

  The platinum salt may be, for example, a platinum ingot dissolved with an appropriate acid such as aqua regia.

  Preferably, in the dispersion step, the platinum salt aqueous solution is dispersed in the organic solvent together with the organic polymer. That is, it is preferable that an appropriate amount of water is mixed in the dispersing step, but this mixing of water is preferably performed simultaneously by preparing an aqueous solution of a platinum salt in advance and dispersing it in an organic solvent. If it does in this way, it will become easy to suppress aggregation of platinum salt and to disperse suitably in an organic solvent. The aqueous solution of the platinum salt is prepared to have an appropriate liquidity, for example, acidic, and this can be easily obtained by mixing water when dissolving the ingot with an acid as described above, for example.

  Preferably, when water is mixed in the dispersion step, the method for producing the metal fine particle dispersion includes a water removal step of removing the mixed water after the dispersion step and the reduction step. By doing so, a metal fine particle dispersion containing little or no water can be obtained.

  Moreover, the said dispersion | distribution process stirs the liquid mixture of platinum salt, organic polymer, and an organic solvent at the rotational speed of about 600-1100 rpm, for example. In this way, a sufficiently dispersed mixed solution can be suitably obtained.

  In the dispersion step, when the platinum salt and the organic polymer are dispersed, a stirring process is performed by an appropriate method. This stirring can be performed using an appropriate method and apparatus. For example, when preparing a small amount of dispersion, a magnetic stirrer, an ultrasonic stirrer, or the like can be used, and when processing a large amount, a vibrating or rotating blade stirrer can be used.

  Further, 4-decylaniline and 4-hexadecylaniline not only function as a protective polymer as described above, but also function as a reducing agent. In the present invention, a reducing agent and a protective agent are used as in the prior art. The polymer may be composed of separate compounds.

  Preferably, the metal fine particle dispersion is obtained by dispersing metal fine particles having an average particle size of nanometer order to tens of nanometer order in an organic solvent. The present invention is suitably applied to the preparation of such a fine metal particle dispersion having an extremely fine average particle diameter.

  The metal fine particle dispersion of the present invention is suitably used for, for example, catalysts, sensors, electrical contacts, other electronic or optoelectronic applications, medical and biomedical applications, and the like.

It is process drawing explaining an example of the preparation method of the conventional metal fine particle dispersion. It is process drawing explaining the other example of the preparation method of the conventional metal fine particle dispersion. It is process drawing explaining an example of the preparation method of the metal microparticle dispersion liquid of this invention. It is an XRD chart of platinum nanoparticle created by other preparation methods.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, the drawings are appropriately simplified or modified, and the dimensional ratios, shapes, and the like of the respective parts are not necessarily drawn accurately.

FIG. 3 is a process diagram for explaining a method for producing a platinum nanoparticle dispersion according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, in the metal salt dissolution step 1, for example, a platinum salt such as H ₂ PtCl ₆ is dissolved in aqua regia in an appropriate container having acid resistance, and an appropriate amount of distilled water is added thereto.

  Next, in the mixing step 2, the reducing agent-and-protecting polymer (C) composed of an organic polymer having an amine group such as 4-decylaniline is added to an organic solvent (Y) having a boiling point of 100 (° C.) or higher such as terpineol. Dissolve to prepare a solution, and mix it with the solution in which the platinum salt is dissolved. Instead of the reducing agent / protecting polymer (C), a reducing agent (A) and a protecting polymer (B) each having these functions may be mixed.

  Next, in the stirring step 3, the mixed solution is stirred using an appropriate stirring device. Thereby, the platinum salt is dispersed in the organic solvent, and the platinum salt is reduced by the action of the reducing agent to generate platinum fine particles. At the same time, the generated platinum nano particles are covered with the protective polymer and protected. In the present embodiment, in the stirring step 3, the dispersion step and the reduction step are performed simultaneously. In this way, a platinum dispersion is produced as shown in step 4. This platinum dispersion contains platinum fine particles when stirring is stopped for a short period of time, for example, 1-2 minutes. Separate into two layers, a solvent layer and an aqueous layer.

  Next, in the water separation step 5, water is removed from the platinum dispersion separated into two layers as described above. This separation of water may be performed using, for example, a well-known separatory funnel. Thereby, only a solvent layer is collect | recovered and platinum dispersion | distribution slurry is obtained as shown by the process 6. FIG. This platinum-dispersed slurry is obtained by dispersing platinum nanoparticles having an average particle size of 5 (nm) or less, preferably about 3 (nm), protected with a protective polymer, in an organic solvent. That is, a dispersion in which platinum nanoparticles protected by 4-decylaniline or the like are dispersed in terpineol or the like.

According to this example, when 4-decylaniline and H ₂ PtCl ₆ are dispersed in terpineol in the dispersion step and the H ₂ PtCl ₆ is reduced in the reduction step, platinum nanoparticles are converted from the H ₂ PtCl _6. At the same time as it is produced, a platinum nanoparticle dispersion in which the produced platinum nanoparticles are dispersed in terpineol in a state protected with 4-decylaniline is obtained in a single step. At this time, 4-decylaniline not only covers and protects the generated platinum nanoparticles, but also has an action of reducing H ₂ PtCl ₆ , so that H ₂ PtCl ₆ is preferably reduced and Since the produced platinum nanoparticles are quickly protected, fine platinum nanoparticles having a narrow particle size distribution are produced without aggregation and a dispersion is obtained. Further, terpineol having a boiling point of 100 (° C.) or more is preferable from the viewpoint of environmental hygiene because it is difficult to volatilize during the manufacturing process and use of the dispersion.

  Hereinafter, more specific examples will be described. Table 1 below summarizes the results of experiments with various changes in materials used, ratios, preparation methods, and the like when preparing platinum nanoparticle dispersions.

In the experimental results shown in Table 1 below, the Pt column represents the amount of platinum in the mixed platinum salt, that is, H ₂ PtCl ₆ . The column of organic polymer represents the type and amount of organic polymer mixed as a reducing agent and protective polymer. The H ₂ O column represents the amount of distilled water mixed with the platinum salt solution. The solvent column represents the amount of the organic solvent mixed with the platinum salt solution. All organic solvents were terpineol. All units of these quantities are in moles (mmol or mol).

  The stirring method column represents a stirring method when the platinum salt solution, the organic polymer, and terpineol are mixed and stirred, and the “stirrer” is a magnetic stirrer (for example, Digital Hot Plate Starr ASONE Co., Ltd.). "Ultrasonic" is an ultrasonic agitator (for example, UH-50 manufactured by Ultrasonic Homogenizer SM1 Company), and "Vibration" is a vibration agitator (for example, Love Shaker ASONE ( “Rotating blade” using SR-1) manufactured by Co., Ltd. is a rotating blade type stirrer (for example, RW20DZMn manufactured by Stirrer IKA Laboratory Technology). Moreover, the rotation speed column represents the rotation speed. However, in the case of an ultrasonic stirrer and a vibration stirrer, the number of rotations is not described because there is no rotation. Moreover, the stirring time represents the time until a sufficient dispersion state is reached.

  In the result column, “◯” indicates that nanoparticles were obtained and the yield was 90 (%) or higher, and “Δ” indicates that the yield was less than 90 (%). Nanoparticles have been obtained over the entire range of experiments. The polymer / Pt molar ratio and the solvent / Pt molar ratio are the molar ratio of organic polymer to Pt and solvent to Pt, respectively.

  As shown in the above experimental results, by using 4-decylaniline as the organic polymer, in any of the examples, a good dispersion state was obtained with a sufficiently short stirring time of less than 1 day, and 90 (% ) Platinum nanoparticles were obtained with a high yield. The obtained nanoparticles had an average particle size of about 2.5 to 3.5 (nm) and a particle size distribution range of about 5 (nm). In each of the above experimental examples, it is considered that a stirring time of about 5 to 6 hours is sufficient for most of the above examples. However, for the convenience of the experiment, the stirring was stopped on the next day after the start of the stirring. Less than.

  On the other hand, Nos. 27 and 28 using aniline or dodecylamine as the organic polymer needed to be stirred for 8 days in order to obtain a sufficiently dispersed state. The yield also remained below 90 (%). These are not unusable for the preparation of nanoparticulate dispersions, but are not optimal.

  In addition, No. 33 using 4-hexadecylaniline as an organic polymer required a stirring time of 5 days until a good dispersion state was obtained. That is, since it was possible to obtain nanoparticles in a yield of 90 (%) or more, it can be suitably used for the preparation of a nanoparticle dispersion, but compared with the case where 4-decylaniline is used, it is more efficient. It is disadvantageous in terms.

  Further, as shown in each of the above experimental examples, the polymer / Pt molar ratio was in the range of 0.78 to 181.82, and the solvent / Pt molar ratio was in the range of 5.07 to 2294.04, and good results were obtained.

  Moreover, although various conditions were changed also about the stirring method and rotation speed, there was no difference in particular and the favorable result was able to be obtained. These may be appropriately defined according to the scale of the processing target.

Note that the crystal structure and particle size can be controlled by controlling the treatment temperature. For example, at 150 (° C.), 4-decylaniline is mixed at a ratio of 1.9 (g), terpineol is 6.23 (g), H ₂ PtCl ₆ is mixed with Pt equivalents of 0.93 (g), and water is mixed at a ratio of 1700 (mg). A nanoparticle dispersion was synthesized. As a result, a platinum nanoparticle dispersion having an average particle size of 13 nm was obtained with a yield exceeding 90%. An XRD chart is shown in FIG.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated in detail with reference to drawings, this invention can be implemented also in another aspect, A various change can be added in the range which does not deviate from the main point.

Claims (3)

A method for producing a metal fine particle dispersion in which platinum fine particles coated with a protective polymer are dispersed in a predetermined solvent,
A dispersion step of dispersing an organic polymer comprising 4-decylaniline or 4-hexadecylaniline and a platinum salt in an organic solvent comprising terpineol;
And a reduction step of reducing the platinum salt in the organic solvent.   2. The fine metal particle dispersion according to claim 1, wherein in the dispersing step, the organic polymer and the platinum salt are dispersed in the organic solvent so that a molar ratio of organic polymer / platinum is within a range of 0.2 to 200. 3. Liquid manufacturing method.   3. The dispersion of fine metal particles according to claim 1 or 2, wherein in the dispersion step, the platinum salt is dispersed in the organic solvent so that the organic solvent / platinum molar ratio is in the range of 0.1 to 2500. Production method.

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